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Will & Grace Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner
Tue, Sep 21, 199922 mins
Despite her moving out (to across the hall), Will still feels that Grace clings to him, so she asserts her independence by having a dinner party without him. Meanwhile, to keep the INS at bay, Jack is forced to move in with Rosario.
Episode 2
Election
Tue, Sep 28, 199922 mins
When Grace feels that Will is abusing his power as president of the tenant's association, she runs against him. Karen tries to buy back Jack's forgiveness when she lets his beloved bird, Guapo, fly out the window.
Episode 3
Das Boob
Tue, Nov 2, 199920 mins
A deceiving, but flattering, newspaper photo makes Grace look more "endowed" than she really is and gains her the attention of a former high school heartthrob who was never one to keep abreast of her before. Jack is destroyed to learn that Will had a fling with Walter, Jack's ex-boyfriend.
Episode 4
Whose Mom Is It, Anyway?
Tue, Nov 9, 199922 mins
Grace's mom calls and tells her she's coming and bringing along a guy she knew years ago. She thinks her mother is trying to fix her up with him. When she and Will meet them, she tells her mother to stop fixing her up, but her mother tells her she didn't bring the guy for her but for Will. Grace then asks Will to go out with him and then tell her mother that he and the guy don't connect so she will stop fixing Grace up. But when Will reports that he had good time Grace is upset but not because of that. And Jack has to go to INS and convince them that his marriage to Rosario is real. But INS man conducting the interview is the man Jack flirted with recently.
Episode 5
Polk Defeats Truman
Tue, Nov 16, 199921 mins
After having a good year representing Harlin, Will looks forward to the future. And anticipating that he will have to devote himself to Harlin decides to drop his other clients some of whom were with him when he began. Grace upon learning of what he's done tells him his actions have consequences. He's not fazed till Harlin tells him he wants to make a change and that change is his legal representation. Will tries to keep it from Grace. In the meantime, Grace discovers that her bank accounts are almost drained she wonders how this happened. She discovers it's because Karen cashed her paychecks which she normally doesn't do because she's rich. But it seems like her husband wants her to live on a budget which she feels is not enough. Grace needs the money for her business so Grace tells Karen to put back the money and tries to teach Karen how to live on a budget.
Episode 6
To Serve and Disinfect
Tue, Nov 23, 199922 mins
An unemployed Will agrees to serve as one of Jack's cater-waiters, until he learns that he'll be catering for American Bar Association. Grace discovers Karen's darkest secret: she once made a porn video.
Episode 7
Homo for the Holidays
Thu, Nov 25, 199921 mins
Will and Grace are shocked to learn that Jack never told his mother he was gay and encourage him to open up to her at Thanksgiving. The evening brings a revelation for Jack as well: his father isn't who he thinks it is.
Episode 8
Terms of Employment
Tue, Nov 30, 199930 mins
Grace looks to Will for representation when a hotshot lawyer doesn't pay her for a consulting assignment, but he ends up making Will a job offer. Meanwhile, Jack and Karen turn a training film set into an adult entertainment experience.
Episode 9
I Never Promised You an Olive Garden
Tue, Dec 14, 199922 mins
Tired of Rob and Ellen's low-rent taste in dining, Will and Grace start hanging with a pair of downtown hipsters they meet at a dim sum parlor. But as the new pals paint the town, Rob and Ellen see red when they catch their best friends lying to avoid plans to dine at their favorite eatery: a coupon-crazy Italian chain in Secaucus. Meanwhile, Jack's inner child gets a little pick-me-up when he joins Karen at a PTA meeting at her stepchild's school.
Episode 10
Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy
Tue, Jan 11, 200030 mins
When they appear on their favorite TV show, Antiques on the Road, Grace can't wait to dress down the guests who are ever hopeful that their tchotchkes are worth a fortune, while Jack just wants to undress the show's attractive appraiser, Porcelain Paul. But then it's all business when they realize that their junky, thrift-store teapot is actually valued at $30,000. Meanwhile, Will's new boss makes the reluctant lawyer kiss up to Karen in hopes of landing her hubby as a client.
Episode 11
Seeds of Discontent
Tue, Jan 25, 200022 mins
Grace is excited to meet Will's best friend from high school until she learns that the woman has made a request: to be implanted with Will's sperm. Now Grace has to confront Will about Will being her "backup."
Episode 12
He's Come Undone
Tue, Feb 8, 200022 mins
Erotic dreams about Grace send Will to a therapist, who seems more interested in Grace. Meanwhile Jack and Karen clash over her treatment of Rosario.
Episode 13
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad
Tue, Feb 15, 200022 mins
Will's ideal relationship with his loving father sours when his dad prepares to accept an award at his company's dinner banquet but tries to dissuade his son from attending because he's told everyone that Will is married to Grace. Meanwhile, Karen's private detective finds Jack's biological father.
Episode 14
Acting Out
Tue, Feb 22, 200022 mins
Will and Jack appear on Today to protest NBC for cutting a gay kiss out of an eagerly-waited sitcom episode. Will is frustrated with Jack on how much he wanted to see that kiss and kisses him. Elsewhere, Grace confides in Karen about dumping her boyfriend.
Episode 15
Advise and Resent
Tue, Feb 29, 200030 mins
Will reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date set up by his boss and, to his surprise, has a good time, but he's hurt by the other guy's post-date silence, so he lets Jack coach him on how be a good date. Meanwhile, Grace's frustration with her too-laid-back boyfriend mounts, and she takes dubious relationship advice from Karen.
Episode 16
Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back
Tue, Mar 7, 200022 mins
Will thinks that he has another chance with Michael, his old boyfriend and Grace's new client. Meanwhile, Karen tries taking her "career" more seriously and asks Grace for greater responsibilities.
Episode 17
The Hospital Show
Tue, Mar 28, 200021 mins
While on a blind date, Will finds out that Karen's husband Stan has had a heart attack and rushes to the hospital to be with the gang. Will, Jack, Grace, and Rosario all speculate on who Karen will turn to for her inevitable emotional breakdown. After all, who will pay the bills if Stan dies?
Episode 18
Sweet (and Sour) Charity
Tue, Apr 4, 200021 mins
Will and Grace try to win Joni Mitchell concert tickets on a radio contest. Grace prays that they win and promises to help the less fortunate, And they won. But Jack reminds them of their vow. So they go to the community center and volunteer. They feel as if they've done their part and can go to the concert but they are told they need to be there on the night of the concert. And Grace wants to ditch it but Will feels obligated to be there. Jack helps Karen get rid of her old clothes and shoes and give them to the needy. But Karen leaves him alone and he unwittingly takes her favorite shoes. So Karen has to go to the community center to get them back.
Episode 19
An Affair to Forget
Tue, Apr 18, 200022 mins
When Rob and Ellen ask Will and Grace to be the best man and maid of honor at their wedding, Grace's sexy past with the groom is exposed when Ellen learns at her bachelorette party that Grace once slept with Rob. Meanwhile, Jack is confused by his reaction to the entertainment at Rob's bachelor party.
Episode 20
Girls, Interrupted
Tue, May 2, 200022 mins
Despite their history, Grace spends a fun evening with Val only to have Will suspect her of stealing. Meanwhile Jack becomes attracted to the leader of Welcome Home-an organization for gays who have converted to going straight, so he acts straight to woo the man.
Episode 21
There But for the Grace of Grace
Tue, May 9, 200030 mins
It's a scary glimpse into the future for Will and Grace when they visit their curmudgeonly retired college professor only to discover that he is a bitter old man that has a "Grace" of his own. Meanwhile, Karen must confront her most mortal enemy, the kitchen, when Stan requests a home-cooked meal for his birthday, and she looks to Jack and Ben to come to her rescue.
Episode 22
My Best Friend's Tush
Tue, May 16, 200022 mins
Grace is competing with a well known designer for a job. But she doesn't think she's good enough. So Karen shows Grace just how "perfect" the designer is. Jack has an idea for something he calls the subway tush which is a cushion that someone can bring when they have to be on the subway for a long time. So he wants Will to help him come up with the financing. Will refuses at first. But he later sets a meeting with some people, and Jack goes off and does something outrageous which Will thinks is embarrassing. Only the people they meet want Jack and not Will.
Episode 23
Ben? Her?: Part 1
Tue, May 23, 200030 mins
To help make peace between Grace and Ben, Will has them both over to dinner, only to have their relationship go beyond friendship. But then Will finds out that Ben is dating someone else. Meanwhile Jack catches Rosario in a clinch with a lover and learns that she wants a divorce.
Episode 24
Ben? Her?: Part 2
Tue, May 23, 200021 mins
In his noble attempt to help Jack and Grace with their love lives, Will's love life falls apart and he reaches his breaking point. Grace opts for menage a trois with Ben and Josh. She also tries to turn Jack into Will but he fights back.